Legaliziaton of Medical Marijuana

Noah NunezEnglish Period 412/4/12Medicinal Marijuana.In 1972, the US Congress placed marijuana in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act because they considered it to have "no accepted medical use." (http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/) After this act only 17 states of the US have legalized the use of medical marijuana. In my opinion medicinal marijuana should be legal across the united states of America. It should be legal only for medicinal purposes, not for everyday use. In the 17 states that marijuana is legal has only shown positive results to the legalization. One of those states is California. SB 420 or better known as medical marijuana protection act was signed to allow the use of cannabis.

People who have cancer, aids, Cerebral palsy, Alzheimer’s disease, and other chronic diseases are allowed to use marijuana as like a medicine, or an antibiotic. People with cancer for an example can take in marijuana before there chemotherapy to calm them down and not be scared or in pain while in chemo. Marijuana can take pain away from people who have cerebral palsy instead of taking pain killers which can be bad tasting or hard to swallow. Patients can recive a doctor recommendation to receive the cannabis. Marijuana can be received in many ways; it can be chemically put into candies like lollipops. Using a “bong” or a vaporizer, marijuana is introduced into the body in a smoke form, but the smoke does not affect the person because it is water vapor. If a person chooses they can have it into their favorite food. Marijuana can be used in butter spreads or even oil. The food tastes the same, but will get the person with cancer or any other chronic disease high. The effects of cannabis are different for everyone, but the most common effects are relaxation and tranquility. Yes, marijuana does make you lazy, but if it used properly like medicine with intervals between takings in marijuana, the effects will be used for the persons benefit. Getting...

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The history of Marijuana can be traced and can understand that it has been used in different cultures in different ways. In the recent past, it has been used to fit our recent past. People have adopted it to fit their lifestyles and also the social environment. A myriad of people across the globe smoke it for fun. Other millions smoke it due to medical reasons as it helps in dealing with some medical conditions in the body. This paper holds that Marijuana has a lot of beneficial values and should be officially legalized by the state authorities. It can help in addressing some health conditions, creation of jobs for thousands of people, helping the country to meet some of its debt, helps save millions of available acres in forestry besides continued raising the status of the country. The increased revenue can be used in improving infrastructure in the country. The discussion in this paper will discuss the reasons as to why marijuana should be legalized in the country. The discussion will be biased on the medicinal value of marijuana and how it can save the nation millions of dollars when legalized.
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The scientific name of Marijuana is Cannabis Sativa. The drugs have been under debated, attracting the attention of a number of scholars to write and publish papers about it. The plantation...

...every year. The use of all illegal drugs combined - cocaine, heroin, marijuana, angel dust, LSD, etc. account for only about 3,000 deaths annually. According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, however, there have been no deaths that can be unequivocally attributed to marijuana use. Yet, the federal government has banned the use of marijuana, while allowing alcohol and cigarettes, even allowing them to be advertised on television and in magazines. Cigarettes cause lung cancer, hypertension, heart disease, stroke, pneumonia, bronchitis, emphysema, among many other long term diseases. Compared with cigarettes and alcohol, the health risks and societal costs associated with even chronic marijuana use are mild.
In fact, Marijuana even prevents chronic loss of appetite associated with chemotherapy and AIDS, along with a variety of rare muscular and skeletal disorders. Less commonly, cannabis has been used in the treatment of alcoholism and addiction to other drugs such as heroin and the prevention of migraines. Cigarettes and alcohol have no known medical values.
In the 1980s six states' health departments performed studies on the efficacy of marijuana. Tests conducted in New Mexico with 250 patients showed that Marijuana is far superior to the best available drug, Compazine, and smoked marijuana is clearly superior to oral THC. The report...

...States has had strict laws against the use and distribution of marijuana since 1937. (The Union, Brett Harvey) Federal and state laws on medicinal marijuana are very different from each other. Cannabis has a lot of health benefits, this is the reason California was the first state to legalize it for medicinal purposes. (How weed won the west, Kevin Booth) People in America have been getting arrested for the use and possession of marijuana since it was outlawed. Charlie Lynch was one of those people in 2008. (Lynching Charlie Lynch, Rick Ray) I believe medicalmarijuana should be a legally taxed substance in the United States.
In a world that has hated marijuana since it was outlawed in 1937, the times are finally starting to change. (A NormL Life, Rod Pitman) Cannabis is still federally illegal and is considered a schedule 1 drug by the federal government. (A NormL Life, Rod Pitman) This means that marijuana has a high potential for dependency and has no accepted medical use. This means it is in the same category as LSD, PCP, and Heroin. (How weed won the west, Kevin Booth) Cannabis compared to those other drugs is like putting an assault charge in the same class as a murder charge. The federal government believes marijuana has no use or value and is just another drug American citizen’s misuse every day. (How weed won the west, Kevin Booth) Some...

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Angelica Andrade
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November 10, 2014
University of Phoenix
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The use of "MedicalMarijuana" has been a controversial issue for thousands of years. The debate over whether marijuana should be legalized has long troubled American citizens. However, long before America was even an idea, many cultures had harnessed the plant and used it for many primitive medical purposes. Approximately twenty-three states in the U.S. have legalized marijuana for medical treatments, but this is a relatively new idea in the United States. ProCon.org. (2014, November 13). Marijuana was not always deemed as an illegal substance act 1 and because of its inherent medical value should be legalized at the federal level.
Many ancient civilizations have discovered the use of marijuana in medical practices dating all the way back to 8,000 B.C. The Egyptians took the use of marijuana for treatment of sore eyes, the Natives of America who mixed marijuana and milk to create a primitive anesthetic. Even the Chinese emperor Shen-Nung was known to prescribe it as medicine, to treat vomiting, parasitic infections, and hemorrhage. Marijuana continues to be use in China as a folk remedy for diarrhea and dysentery and...

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Marijuana is a very prominent and controversial issue in society today. Although many slanderous claims have been made about cannabis in recent history, the truths are slowly starting to resurface. Unfortunately, these truths are under heavy criticism due to the stereotypical view of what people view as the typical “pot smoker.” This skewed perception of a lazy and unmotivated American is the result of over seventy years of propaganda and misinformation spread by private interests who relied on illegal cannabis illegal from their own personal gains. As a marijuana consumer and a current medicalmarijuana patient, I strongly believe that marijuana should be legalized for all users. Currently in the United States today, marijuana is prohibited by federal law and has been a topic of controversial debate since the start of the prohibition. There are several, important reasons for the legalization of marijuana, including research concerning these issues are beneficial in understanding both sides of the debate. The result of abolishing our country’s marijuana prohibition by supporting legalization will stimulate the economy, to show the medical properties, and lower the crime rate.
The legalization of marijuana has both positive and negative outcomes; although, the benefits of legalization outweigh the risks of the negative impacts....

...Marijuana: Abused Narcotic or Wonder Drug?
I. Introduction
A. History of marijuana
B. Pros
C. Cons
II. History of Marijuana
A. Scientific Information and various uses
B. History of use
III. Pros of Marijuana
A. Nausea and cancer patients
B. Usage for other medical conditions
IV. Cons of Marijuana
A. Immunosuppressant
B. Mind altering substance.
C. Gateway drug
V. Conclusion
Marijuana is one of the oldest known cultivated plants. It has been used for recreational and medicinal purposes during the past 5,000 years. The debate over its positive and negative medicinal uses has been heated mainly within the past several decades. Marijuana has been viewed as an abused, harmful narcotic as well as a miracle healer. There are many interesting facts that fuel this ongoing debate.
In China, Nearly five thousand years ago, marijuana was grown and used for its oil and fiber. Hindu's valued its medicine capability during rituals over 4,000 years ago. Marijuana's recreational use has only been noted within the past 2,500 years. Anglo-American medicine introduced marijuana for its medicinal use in the 19th century to treat rabies, rheumatism, epilepsy, and tetanus. The United States Dispensary of Medicine stated that marijuana contained healing powers for menstrual cramps,...

...MedicalMarijuanaMedicalmarijuana, is this going to medical miracle or a medical disaster? Medicalmarijuana should be legalized for patients in their end stages of disease and have no other options. The legalize marijuana, is a question many state governments are fighting against federal governments to stop the recession of legalizing the drug everyone talks about. What is marijuana, what is the used for? It is becoming legal in many states, which states passed a law to use medicalmarijuana and why haven’t all the states passed a law, should it become legal for medical use? What are the pros and cons of using medicalmarijuana are there more health benefits or health risks? So will marijuana be the drug of the future, legalization of marijuana: yes or no?
Marijuana (grass, pot, and weed) are the common names for the drug made from the plant cannabis sativa. Marijuana is the dried blossom leafy annual plants which parts are used for herbs, animal food, and medicine and as hemp for rope making. The flowers of the plant contain psychoactive and psychologically active chemical compounds known as cannabinoids which are consumed for recreational medical and spiritual purposes. (Catherine...